--- projects/cms/source/host/ihost-perl/ihost.pl	2001/12/18 04:07:17	1.44
+++ projects/cms/source/host/ihost-perl/ihost.pl	2002/03/11 13:34:24	1.46
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # a typical Unix/Linux box.
 #
 # $Author: tdb $
-# $Id: ihost.pl,v 1.44 2001/12/18 04:07:17 tdb Exp $
+# $Id: ihost.pl,v 1.46 2002/03/11 13:34:24 tdb Exp $
 #------------------------------------------------------------
 
 $| = 1;
@@ -429,11 +429,11 @@ sub make_xml() {
                 $xmltemp .= &make_xml("$curlevel$curtag", $curline);
             }
             my($nextline) = $data[0]; chomp $nextline if defined $nextline;
-            if((defined $nextline) && ($nextline =~ /^$curlevel$curtag/)) {
+            $curtag =~ s/(.*)\./$1/;
+            if((defined $nextline) && ($nextline =~ /^$curlevel$curtag\./)) {
                 $curline = ""; 
             }
             else {
-                $curtag =~ s/(.*)\./$1/;
                 $xmltemp = "<$curtag$attributes>$xmltemp</$curtag>" unless $curtag eq "";
                 return $xmltemp;
             }
@@ -451,5 +451,15 @@ sub make_xml() {
                 return $xmltemp;
             }
         }
+	# dealing with a null value
+	elsif($curline =~ /^$curlevel([^\.\s]+)$/) {
+	    # simply adding a space makes the above elsif deal with it :)
+	    # just level with an empty tag in the XML
+	    $curline .= " ";
+	}
+	# failing all that, skip the line
+	else {
+	    $curline = "";
+	}
     }
 }